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Air Quality in India

Air quality can vary considerably across India because weather, local emissions, geography and regional transport can change from place to place and from day to day. AirQualityIndex.org monitors air-quality information from more than 25,000 monitoring locations worldwide. This country comparison page currently lists 170 major cities and locations across India, including New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad. Each listed location links to its own detailed air-quality page, while locations outside this comparison catalogue can be explored through Air Quality Near Me.

Use the search and filters to focus on a city type or AQI category, then sort the table by AQI, PM2.5, PM10, ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), data source or update time. Select any city to open its detailed air-quality page. Current values may include model-derived estimates and, where enabled, monitoring-station information; the displayed source should be considered when interpreting the results. The comparison catalogue is intentionally smaller than the wider AirQualityIndex.org monitoring-location database so the page remains fast and easy to use.

MONITORING COVERAGE

170 monitoring locations represented across India

The markers show the geographic spread of locations in this country comparison catalogue. The wider AirQualityIndex.org data system covers more than 25,000 monitoring locations globally.

New Delhi · CapitalBengaluru · Major cityChennai · Major cityHyderabad · Major cityKolkata · Major cityPune · Major cityAhmedabad · Major citySurat · Major cityJaipur · Major cityLucknow · Major cityPatna · Major cityMumbai · Major cityDelhi · Major cityKanpur · Major cityNavi Mumbai · Major cityNagpur · Major cityCoimbatore · Major cityIndore · Major cityThāne · Major cityVadodara · Major cityBhopal · Major cityRasapūdipalem · Major cityPimpri-Chinchwad · Major cityKallakurichi · Major cityLudhiana · Major cityNashik · Major cityMadurai · Major cityTirunelveli · Major cityAgra · Major cityFaridabad · Major cityRājkot · Major cityNajafgarh · Major cityJamshedpur · Major cityPimpri · Major cityKalyān · Major cityDombivali · Major cityMeerut · Major cityVirār · Major cityNowrangapur · Major citySrinagar · Major cityGhāziābād · Major cityDhanbad · Major cityAurangabad · Major cityVaranasi · Major cityAmritsar · Major cityVijayawada · Major cityRanchi · Major cityJabalpur · Major cityPrayagraj · Major cityVisakhapatnam · Major cityJodhpur · Major cityGwalior · Major cityTeni · Major cityHowrah · Major cityRaipur · Major cityTiruchirappalli · Major cityKota · Major cityShivaji Nagar · Major citySholapur · Major cityChandigarh · Major cityTiruppur · Major cityGuwahati · Major cityHubballi · Major cityMysuru · Major citySalem · Major cityGurugram · Major cityBhubaneswar · Major cityBhiwandi · Major cityJalandhar · Major cityRohini · Major cityKanayannur · Major cityBhayandar · Major cityNarela · Major cityThiruvananthapuram · Major cityAlīgarh · Major cityBareilly · Major cityMorādābād · Major cityWarangal · Major cityDhārāvi · Major cityGorakhpur · Major cityGuntur · Major cityPuducherry · Major cityJājmau · Major cityAmravati · Major cityBikaner · Major cityKochi · Major cityBhilai · Major cityCuttack · Major cityBorivli · Major cityBhavnagar · Major citySāngli · Major cityJamnagar · Major cityJammu · Major cityBokāro · Major cityNanded · Major cityKozhikode · Major cityKolhāpur · Major cityNellore · Major cityKalaburagi · Major cityAjmer · Major cityDehradun · Major cityErode · Major cityDurgapur · Major cityUlhasnagar · Major cityLoni · Major citySiliguri · Major cityUjjain · Major cityBilimora · Major cityKarol Bāgh · Major cityĀsansol · Major cityMangaluru · Major cityBelagavi · Major citySahāranpur · Major cityVellore · Major cityBhātpāra · Major cityMalegaon · Major cityModīnagar · Major cityGaya · Major cityAmbattur · Major cityJalgaon · Major cityKurnool · Major cityRāmgundam · Major cityUdaipur · Major cityMaheshtala · Major cityPatiāla · Major cityShyamnagar · Major cityDavangere · Major cityAkola · Major cityRajpur Sonarpur · Major cityKorba · Major cityJhānsi · Major cityThoothukudi · Major cityBallari · Major cityBhāgalpur · Major cityAgartala · Major cityKākināda · Major cityLatur · Major cityPānihāti · Major cityRajamahendravaram · Major cityDhule · Major cityRohtak · Major cityAhilyanagar · Major cityKollam · Major cityBilāspur · Major cityBhilwara · Major cityBrahmapur · Major cityMuzaffarpur · Major cityPunāsa · Major cityMuzaffarnagar · Major cityAvadi · Major cityKadapa · Major cityKukatpally · Major cityKāmārhāti · Major cityMathura · Major cityChānda · Major cityVijayapura · Major cityShivamogga · Major cityAlwar · Major cityShāhjānpur · Major cityJūnāgadh · Major cityThrissur · Major cityNizāmābād · Major cityTumkūr · Major cityParbhani · Major cityHisar · Major cityFīrozābād · Major cityKulti · Major cityKarnāl · Major cityBarddhamān · Major cityGundupālaiyam · Major cityBoundary reference: authoritative India map/boundary material should follow Survey of India.
PAST 12 MONTHS

Historical & seasonal air-quality pattern

Monthly values summarize US AQI model estimates across up to four representative locations in India. They show broad seasonal movement rather than a regulatory national average.

82Lowest month · Aug11812-month average155Highest month · May
5004003002001000
Average 118
89
Oct
120
Nov
137
Dec
135
Jan
122
Feb
127
Mar
141
Apr
155
May
126
Jun
94
Jul
82
Aug
90
Sep

Seasonal context

Air pollution in India has strong regional and seasonal variation. In northern India and the Indo-Gangetic Plain, particulate pollution has historically tended to be higher during the post-monsoon and winter period, when cooler and more stable atmospheric conditions can reduce dispersion. Monsoon rainfall and stronger mixing often coincide with lower particulate concentrations. Conditions still vary substantially by city and year, so this historical pattern should not be read as a forecast for a particular day.

For current conditions, use the live table below. Seasonal context is provided to help readers interpret recurring patterns, while day-to-day AQI can change quickly with weather, emissions, dust, fires and regional transport.

Sources: Open-Meteo Air Quality API / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) · Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) · India Meteorological Department (IMD)
LATEST COVERAGE

Related air-quality news and articles

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LIVE CITY COMPARISON

Compare air quality across India

The table below brings current AQI and major pollutant indicators together for the locations in this country comparison catalogue. Search for a city, filter by location type or AQI category, or select any column heading to rank the results. Each city name opens its detailed air-quality page for additional context, source information and related resources.

170listed locations
—with current AQI
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Location ↕AQI ↕Status ↕PM2.5 ↕PM10 ↕O₃ ↕NO₂ ↕Data ↕Updated ↕
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Data sources and methods are identified within the relevant sections of this page. AirQualityIndex.org gratefully acknowledges OpenAQ for supporting broad access to air-quality information.